There were a bunch of linux livecd distros that were made to repair various windows problems. Have you tried one of them?
Dale Fraser wrote: > I don't think this can be done through repair, I can't find out how. > > Regards > Dale Fraser > > http://learncf.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Steve Onnis > Sent: Tuesday, 6 November 2007 10:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [cfaussie] Re: OT: Vista Issue > > > Can you do a repair? I think as part of the repair process you actually > reset the users and the admin access > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Andrew Scott > Sent: Tuesday, 6 November 2007 9:46 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [cfaussie] Re: OT: Vista Issue > > > Well, > > Anyone who creates an account, and then changes it so that the user can't > change their password and that the account expires, is not very intelligent. > > As for the administrator account, this was also the same on Windows XP it is > always disabled by default. > > Not sure the same tricks for Windows XP exist for Vista, but a reinstall / > update will fix it. > > > > On 11/6/07, Dale Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> >> Ok, >> >> >> >> Off topic I know but I've googled a lot and can't find the answer to this. >> >> >> >> Have a user who is on Vista Business. Stand alone, no domain controller >> > etc. > >> His password expired, when he tries to change it, it gives him >> permission denied. From references I did find, I think the account >> might have been setup with Password Expiry and Do Not Allow User to Change >> > Password. > >> >> Now if this is the case, then Vista is just stupid for allowing this, >> but to top this off I was thinking CTRL ALT DEL from login twice, get >> the full login, login as Administrator. Nope, they got rid of this in >> Vista, and disabled the Administrator account by default. >> >> >> >> So I have one account on this machine with an expired password and no >> idea how to change it. >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> Dale Fraser >> >> >> >> http://learncf.com >> >> >> > >> >> > > > -- > > > > Senior Coldfusion Developer > Aegeon Pty. Ltd. > www.aegeon.com.au > Phone: +613 8676 4223 > Mobile: 0404 998 273 > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
